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20-05-2026
Roman workshop

Ancient Rome (Italy)

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Pilaster with Tendrils and Birds

5 - 15. Marble.
Room 072

In the relief there is a remarkable combination of different types of plants, acanthus tendrils which end in rose flowers and tendrils with lancet-shaped leaves and fruits, emphasize the truly fantastic wealth of nature. It is in keeping with the Ara Pacis, the altar of peace in Rome (10 B. C.), with its references to the abundance, happiness and peace of Augustus’ Golden Age. Pilasters of this type were used to decorate temples and altars, arches, theatres, baths, monumental fountains and tomb facades.

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Inventory number
E000628
Author
Roman workshop
Title
Pilaster with Tendrils and Birds
Date
5 - 15
Technique
Sculpted
Medium
Marble
Dimension
Height: 63 cm; Width: 32 cm; Depth: 4 cm
Series
Colección Felipe V
Colección marqués del Carpio
Provenance
Collection of 7th Marquis of El Carpio, Rome, 1676-1682; Royal Collection (Felipe V's Collection, Royal Palace of La Granja de San Ildefonso, Segovia).

Bibliography +

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Herter, H., Die durstigen Vögel, Grazer Beiträge, 1976, pp. 123 ss.

Meyer, H., Zu neueren Deutungen von Asarotos Oikos und kapitolinischem Taubenmosaik, Archäologischer Anzeiger, 1977, pp. 108.

Talamo, Emilia, Su alcuni frammenti di lesene della collezione Della Valle-Medici, Xenia, 5, 1983, pp. 15-46 [23 fg.11].

Himmelmann, N., Ideale Nacktheit, 73, 1985, pp. 62, láms. 18 ss.

Cain, Hans-Ulrich, Römische marmorkandelaber, Philipp von Zabern, Mainz am Rhein, 1985, pp. 136, lám. 47, 4.

Eisner, Michael, Zur Typologie der Grabauten im Suburbium Roms, Mitteilungen Des Deutschen Archäologischen Instituts, Römische abteilung, Bulletino dell’Instituto Archeologico Germanico, 26 (cuad. supl.), Mainz, 1986, pp. 122 s., cat. S2, fig. S"a, lám. 49, 1-2.

Sinn, Friederike, Stadtrömische Marmorurnen, Philipp von Zabern, -mainz am Rhein, 1987, pp. 57, con notas 333, 334; cats. n.º 32, 33, 70, 72, 132, 133.

Zanker, Paul, Augusto y el poder de las imágenes, Alianza Editorial, 1992, pp. 325 ss.

Grassinger, D., Das Wrack: der antike Schiffsfund von Mahdia / editado por G. Hellenkemper et al., en: Kataloge des Rheinischen Landesmuseums Bonn, Rheinland-Verlag, Köln, 1994, pp. 259 ss., figs. 1-4.

Cacciotti, Beatrice, La collezione del VII Marchese del Carpio tra Roma e Madrid, Bollettino d'Arte, 86-87 VII-X, 1994, pp. 163, nota 149, fig. 66.

Sinn, F., Museo Gregoriano Profano. Katalog der Skulpturen, Von Zabern, Mainz am Rhein, 1996, pp. 51 ss., n.º 6; 85 ss., n.º 14 ss., láms. 11 ss.

Elvira Barba, Miguel Angel - Schröder, Stephan, Escultura clásica. Guía. Museo Nacional del Prado, Fundación Marcelino Botín - Museo del Prado, Santander, 1999, pp. 125.

Mathea-Förtsch, Marion, Römische Rankenpfeiler und -pilaster: Schmuckstützen mit vegetabilem Dekor, vornehmlich aus Italien und den westlichen, Phillip von Zabern, Mainz, 1999, pp. láms. 43, 78, 79.

Perea Yébenes, Sabino, Ecos del Ara Pacis en un relieve romano de tema bucólico, en el Museo del Prado, Imafronte, 17, 2003-2004, pp. 201-204.

Schröder, Stephan F., Catálogo de la escultura clásica: Museo del Prado II, Museo Nacional del Prado, Madrid, 2004, pp. 478-480.

Other inventories +

Inv. Real Museo, 1857. Núm. 348.
348. Un trozo de adorno de marmol de / Carrara, con un adorno floral y / dos pajaros bebiendo en un jarro. / Este numero y los dos anteriores es- / tan colocados sobre un pedestal de / escayola igual al nº 344. / Largo 2 pies, 2 pulgadas. / Ancho 1 pie, 1 pulgada.

Inscriptions +

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Cross of Burgundy or Cross of Saint Andrew, collection’s mark belonged to King Felipe V.

Location +

Room 072 (On Display)

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Update date: 20-05-2026 | Registry created on 28-04-2015

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